What to Know About Damar Hamlin ’ s Heart Event, Commotio Cordis
Nobody watching the Jan. 2, 2023 National Football League game between the Buffalo Bills and Cincinnati Bengals will forget the searing sight of Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapsing to the turf after an otherwise unremarkable tackle late in the game’s first quarter led to his cardiac arrest. Emergency CPR and the use of a defibrillator saved his life, but the now 25-year-old spent a week in intensive care at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center (UCMC), where he was rushed straight from the field, as doctors fought to restore him to health and determine the cause of his near-death experience. He was later trans...
Source: TIME: Health - April 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jeffrey Kluger Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate heart health Source Type: news
Characterization of fatal blunt injuries using post-mortem computed tomography - Levin JH, Pecoraro A, Ochs V, Meagher A, Steenburg SD, Hammer PM.
INTRODUCTION: Rapid triage of blunt agonal trauma patients is necessary to maximize survival, but autopsy is uncommon, slow, and rarely informs resuscitation guidelines. Post-mortem computed tomography (PMCT) can serve as an adjunct to autopsy in guiding b... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Useless and limits of postmortem CT (PMCT) in a complex case of preterm infant murder - Viola I, Terranova MC, Lo Re G, De Lisi G, Serra G, Maresi E, Salerno S.
The present case-report empathizes the usefulness of post-mortem computed tomography (PMCT) in the detection of live birth signs in a baby found dead, comparing the results with standard autoptic, histologic and immunohistochemical examinations. The report... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news
Inflammation May Be the Culprit Behind Our Deadliest Diseases
In the early days of my medical residency, I met a man whom we’ll call Jason. He arrived to our emergency room on a holiday, nonchalant yet amiable, and complained of mild chest pain. Jason was tall and trim, with a strong South Boston accent and fingertips still faintly stained from his last home-improvement project. He was only 45 years old, but he looked much younger. He didn’t smoke, barely drank alcohol, and his cholesterol levels had always been normal. No one in his family had a history of heart disease. He asked us if we could work quickly—he wanted to be home for dinner with his daughters.
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Source: TIME: Health - April 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Shilpa Ravella Tags: Uncategorized freelance health Source Type: news
Model Developed for Predicting Disease Progression in Hep B Liver Cirrhosis
THURSDAY, April 6, 2023 -- For patients with hepatitis B virus (HBV) liver cirrhosis-acute decompensation (LC-AD), a model combining computed tomography (CT) quantified extracellular liver volume (ECVIC-liver) and chronic liver failure... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - April 6, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Devastation as dad dies after irritable bowel syndrome turned out to be cancer
Despite his original diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome, a CT scan revealed Michael Moriarty had tumours in his bowel, liver and lung. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - April 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What to Know About Pancreatic Disorders and IBD
Although inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) starts in the gut, it doesn’t always stay there. According to a 2015 study in the journal Inflammatory Bowel Disease, up to 47% of people with IBD will develop what are called “extraintestinal manifestations,” or EIMs. That means the disease ranges outside of the gut and causes problems in other tissues or organs. Not only are EIMs common, but many people experience more than one of them. That same 2015 study found that up to a quarter of IBD patients who develop an EIM will have more than one.
The skin, joints, and eyes are among the most common sites of these be...
Source: TIME: Health - April 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Markham Heid Tags: Uncategorized Gut health Source Type: news
PET/CT shows promise in patients with IgG4-RD
F-18 FDG-PET/CT may be a valuable tool for identifying cardiovascular manifestation...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
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PET/CT bests ultrasound for imaging malignant melanoma (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 22, 2023 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Five ways AI promises to transform organ transplants
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to become a valuable tool for transplant to save more patients' lives. Recent studies have already shown promise in using AI to analyze large sets of data to discover important trends and patterns. In this expert alert, Mayo Clinic transplant expert s share how this technology may improve outcomes for patients. "Physicians once practiced medicine without CT scans and with only limited lab tests. Now, these tools… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - March 21, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
What Are Presentations of Neurocysticercosis?
Discussion
Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is the most common parasitic CNS infection world-wide. It is caused by the larval stage of the pork tapeworm Taenia solium. It is endemic in Southeast Asia including the Indian Subcontinent, sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America. It is becoming more common in other areas of the world because of immigration and the overall ease of travel.
The basic Taenia lifecycle is that humans eat un- or undercooked pork (pigs are the intermediate host) that is invested with the larvae called cysterici. The adult tapeworm forms in the human gastrointestinal tract and eggs are produced. Humans are the de...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - March 20, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
To scientists ’ relief, key research reactor to restart 2 years after accident
More than 2 years after an accident that caused a small and fleeting release of radiation, a research reactor that serves as a key source of neutrons for studying materials should soon be back online. On 9 March, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) authorized officials at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to restart the 54-year-old reactor in Gaithersburg, Maryland, which prior to the accident supported nearly half of all neutron-scattering research in the United States. The tiny reactor will come on slowly over the next few months, NIST officials say.
“It’s fantastic news,” say...
Source: ScienceNOW - March 15, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
Study confirms that vaccines reduce the severity of omicron COVID-19
Vaccines are effective for reducing the severity of the omicron variant of COVID-19...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
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FDA postpones inspections due to COVID-19 (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 8, 2023 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
FDG-PET/CT reveals sites of COVID-19 brain infection
FDG-PET/CT imaging shows metabolic neurologic changes due to COVID-19 in patient...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
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SNMMI warns of omicron's impact on PET/CT scans (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 3, 2023 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Electric scooter-related triple cervical artery dissection - Glynn D, Hynes JP, Marnane M, Kavanagh EC.
A 34-year-old female presented to the emergency department with neck pain, dysphonia and dysphagia ten days after a fall from an electric scooter. Subsequent computed tomography of the neck revealed bilateral vertebral artery and unilateral internal caroti... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 1, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Chest CT Prior to Stem Cell Transplant Beneficial for Spotting Abnormalities
FRIDAY, Feb. 24, 2023 -- Pretransplant screening chest computed tomography (CT) is beneficial for identifying abnormalities before allogenic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (alloHSCT), according to a study published online Feb. 3 in... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - February 24, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
